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Solidarity, Advocacy, and Resistance in the Amazon and Beyond

This solidarity grantmaking is built upon a multi-decade track record as a trusted partner among Indigenous nations and local organizations and guided by the principles and cosmology of Indigenous peoples. 

2024 Could Be the Endgame for Indigenous Land Rights in Brazil

"I will not feel defeated. Defeated are those who are sitting on their hands. We will continue to fight for the demarcation of Indigenous lands. Because those who have territory have a place to go back to, and those who have a place to go back to, have a mother, a lap, and a cure."

Indigenous Women Leaders Took Center Stage at COP28

Hope for the path to COP30 as Indigenous women demonstrate effective advocacy, leadership, and solidarity

“There are reasons to be hopeful. Lula delivered what he promised as far as deforestation and has promised zero deforestation by 2030. And he is very focused on climate justice – bringing those most vulnerable to the table.”

Autonomous Indigenous Nations Fight to Stop the Flow of Money to Petroperú

As Petroperú ramps up efforts to exploit oil in Block 64, Indigenous nations, in partnership with Amazon Watch and the Sacred Headwaters Initiative, launch a public campaign to pressure commercial banks to commit to no new Petroperú financing

Their efforts effectively put the multimillion dollar deal at a stalemate, and prevented Petroperú from attaining new long-term financing for the Talara Refinery in the past six months.

The Growing Threat of Organized Crime in the Amazon

Supporting Indigenous rights and territories is an essential element of any strategy

Organized crime has been present in the region for many years, and it has recently become a major threat to the Amazon and Indigenous rights and territories.

Indigenous Women Reforesting Hearts and Minds to Heal Mother Earth

“The struggle for Mother Earth is the mother of all struggles!”

“We are here to say that we are the healing of the Earth, we are the ancestral voice of the Earth speaking to us. It is not possible to think about valuing human rights if you kill the Earth."

“False Positives” in the Colombian Amazon

Indigenous peoples and others are struggling to protect their ancestral lands, livelihoods, and lives. In doing so, they run afoul of the men with guns who don’t hesitate to threaten and kill.